Nancy Dubuc

Brainstormer, Business leader, Concerned citizen, Foodie, Idea generator, Parent

Nancy Dubuc is President and General Manager of History. Dubuc is responsible for the network’s strategic planning, production, programming, consumer marketing, and brand development. She also oversees History International®, History en Español™ and Military History™. She was named President in August 2009 after serving as the network’s Executive Vice President and General Manger since 2007. Under her leadership, the network has experienced its best ratings performance in the history of the network and has launched its top 10 series and top six specials of all time. Advertising Age recently named History as one of the top 10 entertainment brands of the year. Prior to that, Ms. Dubuc was Senior Vice President, Non-Fiction Programming and New Media Content, AETN, a position she assumed in June 2006. Previously, she was Senior Vice President, Programming for A&E Network. Ms. Dubuc joined A&E Network in March 2003 as Vice President, Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming. An award-winning producer, she supervised the development and creation of all of A&E’s non-fiction programming as well as the A&E IndieFilm banner. Ms. Dubuc is a trustee of the International Documentary Association, a member of the nominating committee of the International Emmys, the co-chair of the Realscreen Summit, and on the board of WICT and the New York Television Festival. Among her many honors, Ms. Dubuc was named by Multichannel News and WICT as a 2007 Wonder Woman; The Hollywood Reporter named her to the annual Power 100: Top Women in Entertainment and Variety named her as one of the leading women in their annual Women’s Impact Report. She received the 2007 Preserve America Presidential Award, the highest national award for historic preservation achievement, for History’s Save Our History initiative. Ms. Dubuc began her career at AETN as Director, Historical Programming for History.